Objectivity
Subtitle: a very short introduction
By: Stephen Gaukroger
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780199606696
Subjects: Objectivity; PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy
Description: "Objectivity is both an essential and elusive philosophical concept. This Very Short Introduction explores the theoretical and practical problems raised by objectivity, and also deals with the way in which particular understandings of objectivity impinge on social research, science, and art"--
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note:; title: 1. Introduction; title: 2. Aren't all judgements biased in one way or another?; title: 3. Don't all judgements involve some assumptions?; title: 4. Doesn't science show there is no objectivity?; title: 5. Is it possible to represent things objectively?; title: 6. Is objectivity a form of honesty?; title: 7. Objectivity in numbers?; title: 8. Can the study of human behaviour be objective?; title: 9. Can there be objectivity in ethics?; title: 10. Can there be objectivity in taste?; title: References; title: Further reading.